Illegal immigrant ‘hid behind TV’

A Morecambe woman has pleaded guilty to breaching immigration law after an illegal worker was found hiding behind a TV following a police raid.

Lancaster Magistrates Court heard on Monday, July 4, that Paola Michelle Duncan, of Carleton Street, was the supervisor at the Nice and Spicy takeaway in Kendal when police raided the premises on October 25.

Three illegal workers were found when police entered the building.

Prosecutors said that when Duncan was asked by police if there was anyone else present, she told them ‘no’.

They then carried out a search and a Bangladeshi man was found hiding behind a TV.

Duncan’s defence solicitor told the court that she played no role in employing the illegal workers.